Foot arch support



Jan. 3, 1928.

v F. J. scHoLL.

FooT ARCH SUPPORT Filed Deo. 51. 192e Enfant-or 1/sterne ys Patented Jan. 3, 1928,

ujNirED y sfiAT-Es FRANK JoHNsCHoLL, or LONDON, ENGLAND.

PATENT 1,654,6es eoFFice;

'room ARCHA SUPPORT. i

eppiicauon ined-December si, i926, seriai No This invention relates to foot archy supports and more particularly to those ofthe V.type wherein the undersidevis so hollowed y that at some part or parts, a relatively nar-v row edge is presented to the inner sole of In connection vwith devices of. this kind embodying a metalsupporting plate, it has .beenproposed to protect theA inner sole which is usually of leather, againstdainage kdue to edge pressure and friction of the supporting plate, by' employing iametal plate for the said edge to bear` upon, such plate being ,either separate from or fixed to the metal supporting plate or itsfcover. etal protectors add unduly to the weight ofthe foot covering and the object of the present inventionlis to effectcertain improvements,rap

plicable in .general to foot arch supports of the. kind referred to, according to which theprotection is afforded by material other than metal, but which is yet of a character unlike or diifereiitifrom that of theinner sole, and hence vshould not be confused with the leather protectors, either ixedor detachable, which have hitherto been proposed for this purpose. u

Numerous proposals have been made for encasing metal foot supporting plates wholly in textile material and also for coating oneor both sides of a metal foot support with celluloid. lVhere both sides of the metal plate are to be so coated, it hasy been proposed also to use a perforatedplate, whereby the covering material canv extend vthrough the plate. Y Y

VThe present invention is differentiated from known devices such as referred-to above, in that it isconcerned only lwith the provision of a covering or protector for those edges. of an archedfoot support which otherwise'would bear directly on the inner sole of the foot wearV and provides for the concentration of protecting means at parts .where undue wear wouldY otherwise occur without at the same time adding unnecessary weight to thedevice. 1 'y A protector according to the invention may becomposed of a layer or layersy of Y hard-wearing` woven fabric, horn.l -ebonite,

Celluloid or nallied composition produced by ment that occurs.

. 158,327, and in Great Britain December 5, 1925.

.chemical agency l(most of which substances ,are knownperse in the manufacture offoot Varch supports), or of any appropriate combination of such materials, providing adurable bearing surface or cushioning edge for the support vwithin .a shoe which Vwill not easily-deteriorateunder moisture from the` 4foot nor y"chate away to expose a-sharp-wearing edge ofther metallic or hard material body'port-ionQof'tlie support with injurious ilu eect upon the-inner sole of the footwear, the

- prot ect.orl being given the v`form of a pad whichmay 'be` secured to the-supportin any suitable way,-eitlierpermanently or Lin a. re-

inovablemanner, it being vunderstood that such protector pad is incorporated in the y arched supportin-gbmeinber always in asso-v ciation with the edge or edges which is or are wearably presentedtothe boot or-'shoe. The arched supporting member proper may be of metal as above suggested, or any Vother s'aiiiicieiitlyl stiff materialy or combination thereof, it' being recognized that wear of the inner sole of a bootoi' shoe',due to localized Y Apressure as aforesaid is not dependentl solely upon thehardness-of the arched supporting member, but'inay'be justasapparent where there is greatermovement of a less hard arched support-ing member, the wear upon the inner sole of a shoe in allcases being influenced by the rubbing or relativevmove- In the constructional forms of foot arch lsupports according to 'the present invention,

no twofsurfaces of material in contactare yidenticaland hence, materials of differing porting plate may be cut or shaped so as to constitute a reinforcement for .1 protecting Imaterial applied thereto in appropriate way as by moulding, so that a relatively broad surface instead of a narrow edge is presented tothe inner sole. Y

The feature of making the protecting pad Yfrom a Ahard-wearing material such as speci tied, isthat such material is lnot subject to deterioration from moisture nor readily icoV chafed away under friction from the me tallic body ofthe support or thefleather portion of the inner sole.y lioreover, such mate.

In the drawings, -F ig. l illustrates Yin aA i'raginentary perspective View a foot arch support comprising a metal plate with pad or cover applied and Fig. 2 is a perspective 'view oi a removable pocket-like form of pad or. cover adaptedto be applied to tlielorel fend of a toot arch support plate.

-V InFig. l, a protector capl lembodying the invention is shown applied to the usual metal plate 2 .otan` arch support havingl a leather cover 3.

Said cap isinade ot celluloid, horn or other material such as above vdescribed and is overlappinglyl applied permanently or otherwise to the plate 2 vand kcover 3 after assembly, it being assumed that whereas there is' a layer upon vwhich the plate 2 bears,a layer also extends over the other side of the cover 3 whereon the loot rests. It' desired, the protective medium or cap may envelopl merely the 'fore end of the metal plate 2 and need not be extended to include the cover 3, as will be obvious.

F ig. 2 illustrates a simple and preferred form of protector l comprising two layers which may each be of the saine material or one of one material and the other of a different material attached together marginally in any suitable manner such as by stitching. Obviously also, such asprotector (which is applied to the tore end of the plate simply by slipping` the same thereover so thatone layer occupies a position between the plate and-cover) may be made by incisingV a single piece vot material of appropriate thickness for .the desired two layers, and iioniarginal uniting` or' rtheY pieces would then benecessary. y

The word celluloid7 as used'in Vth'effo'llowing claim is intended to include as equivaients, the hard-wearing materials of wovenfabric, horn,ebonite or similar materials suitable for the purposes of the invention, and' jor suchreason it is not Vintended that the invention shall be limited by the claim tothe use of 'celluloidalone Y Having'now particularly described. and ascertained the nature o-iny said-.invention and in what manner the saine to beperformech I declare that what I claim is A foot arch-support embodying incoinbination with a metal arch supporting plate, Vaprotective pad placed on the end of said plate along' the edge where the latter .would otherwise bear directly .upongthe inner sole oifv the footwear, said pad being` composed of thin layers olicelluloid united along the niarginal edge of the plate to cover the latter.-

Signed at London, lEnglanch this 15th 'y day ot Dec., 1926.

Y FRANK JOHN soiioLn 

